I wanted to strip the whole car down to it's bare essentials for racing. I took the whole interior out including the carpets and had had a full roll-cage welded into the car. I learned that accidents will happen, and there is very little that separates a minor accident from a major accident.

I also decided not to paint the car red as I bought it, nor return it to it's original green color when she was new. This was not an ordinary green, but a garish seventies green kind of like what you would see on an M&M. I didn't want to paint the car red, black, or silver because too many Porsches are painted that color, and when your car is coming down the front straight, no one can tell if it's actually you. I chose the purplish blue color because it was different, and perhaps daring, but at least you'll know it's my car!

As usual, I was rushed to finish my car before a race. The guys who did the bodywork, and paint did a great job, but it took over 8 months to get to this point. As I took this picture, I had 36 hours before a PCA event. I worked almost the whole 36 hours reassembling the car. Everything from lights, bumpers, door latches, and windows had to be put together. I made it out to Long Island just in time for the event, and from the comments on the track, people liked the color.

Unfortunately, my second day at the track, I spun the car out and cracked my front fiberglass bumper. Luckily none of the bodywork got scratched. It was drizzling, and I was not as careful as I should have been. An expensive lesson that I'll remember for a long time!